Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.8
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1891
Points per Word
0.000264
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Series
You Never Heard Of
Description
This picture book biography follows Willie Mays's unparalleled career from growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, to playing in the Negro Leagues and then the Majors, where he was center fielder for the New York (later San Francisco) Giants.